Quotes from William Hazlitt
The most learned are often the most narrow minded.
- William Hazlitt
An honest man is respected by all parties.
- William Hazlitt
Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.
- William Hazlitt
The temple of fame stands upon the grave: the flame that burns upon its altars is kindled from the ashes of great men.
- William Hazlitt
No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.
- William Hazlitt
The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves. (1778 - 1830)
- William Hazlitt
The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure much.
- William Hazlitt
Life is the art of being well-deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.
- William Hazlitt
I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why
- William Hazlitt
If I have not read a book before, it is, for all intents and purposes, new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.
- William Hazlitt
A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.
- William Hazlitt
Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has a beginning as well as an end. There was a time when we were not: this gives us no concern. Why, then, should it trouble us that a time will come when we shall cease to be?
- William Hazlitt